Torrington law firm celebrating 25 years

Published 4:02 pm, Friday, January 23, 2015

Attorney Jeffrey Nicholas has celebrated 25 years of the Nicholas Law Firm this year.

Attorney Jeffrey Nicholas has celebrated 25 years of the Nicholas Law Firm this year.

Photo: Amanda Webster — The Register Citizen

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The Nicholas Law Firm is located at 373 Prospect St. in Torrington.

The Nicholas Law Firm is located at 373 Prospect St. in Torrington.

Photo: Amanda Webster — The Register Citizen

Torrington law firm celebrating 25 years

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TORRINGTON >> Attorney Jeffrey Nicholas sat in his office Friday morning, reminiscing about the early days of his now 25-year-old law firm. A commercial playing on the firm’s Facebook page dating back to the earl ’90s shows a young Nicholas with a shock of black hair stating the firm’s slogan, “Let us get the gray hair.”

Now, 25 years later, the gray hair has set in for Nicholas, but he says he enjoys what he does for a living.

“I love helping people. There’s a great deal of satisfaction and reward from that,” said Nicholas.

The Nicholas Law Firm was established in 1989 with Nicholas himself, a few part-time employees, including his mother Edna, and a single Xerox machine.

Today, the firm has grown to include 12 employees, but Edna and the original Xerox machine are still in the office working just as they were 25 years ago.

Edna, who does the bookkeeping for the firm, said she is “very, very happy” to see her son’s business grow to where it is today. Though the task of bookkeeping has become much more complex since 1989, the usage of computers have helped ease the complexities of the job.

“It doesn’t even feel like work, really,” said Nicholas.

Though proud of his professional work, Nicholas said his greatest legacy is his family, as he is a father of eight.

“It’s pretty much family and work, but it’s good,” he said.

As a former first selectman for the town of Bethlehem, Nicholas has always been politically involved, but a car accident inspired him to use his degree in law in a way that would allow him to help others through similar situations.

The local firm specializes in the practice areas of personal injury, workmans’ compensation and social security disability.

The firm has also expanded to include an office in Waterbury.

Located at 373 Prospect St., The Nicholas Law Firm sits in an area dominated by different law practices. Though competitive, Nicholas said most of his business comes from referrals and returned business from clients.

“The faith that they place in us is important,” said Nicholas.

Attorney Nathanial Walden has been with the firm for a little over four years and best described the atmosphere as “controlled chaos” with different members of Nicholas’s family involved with the business.

“It works,” said Walden.

The firm is also heavily involved with the community as it has reached almost eight gallons worth of blood donations to the American Red Cross.

In addition to donations made to several charity organization, Nicholas said the firm also aims to be as green as possible and recycles everything they can.

“We think it’s important to give back to the community,” said Nicholas.

When asked if he plans to celebrate another 25 years with the company, Nicholas just laughed.

“With eight kids and two in college, I’m hoping to celebrate 75 years!” he said.